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Volume 8, Number 43 -- December 17, 2008
Four Hundred Guru is taking a hiatus for the holidays. We will resume publishing on January 7, 2009.
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Two A-maze-ing Programs
by Ted Holt

My family and I are preparing to celebrate Christmas. I'm enjoying the lights, the carols, and the decorations. I feel festive. I feel like doing something just for fun. Thus, the two programs I wrote for today's Four Hundred Guru are of no practical value of which I'm aware, but goodness, did I have fun writing them! READ MORE >

End-of-Year Odds and Ends

Merry Christmas, intelligent i professional! Let's end the year with a few little tips, including two unusual ways to use OPNQRYF's %ABSVAL function from reader Victor Pisman. May 2009 be the best year ever for all of us. READ MORE >



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Admin Alert: Upcoming i5/OS and AnyNet End of Service Dates
by Joe Hertvik

To finish out 2008, let's look ahead to some upcoming end of service dates that can affect shops running i5/OS V5R3 in 2009 and shops that are still using AnyNet to connect older twinax-based printers and other devices to System i and Power i machines. If you're in these categories, you should be aware of the following issues. READ MORE >


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The Four Hundred
IBM Adds Disk Storage Options for i Shops

Seasons Greetings, Happy Holidays, and Thank Heavens We All Made It

Forrester: Brace Yourself for Slow IT Growth

As I See It: The Swami Speaks

Micro Focus Snatches Relativity, Expands App Modernization

The Linux Beacon
Why Blade Servers Still Don't Cut It, and How They Might

Intel Keeps Both Arms Swinging with Xeons, Jabs with Itanium

Microsoft Ponies Up Another $100 Million for Novell Linux

Mad Dog 21/21: Newtonian Economics

Two More Xeon-Based Galaxy Servers from Sun

Four Hundred Stuff
IBM Adds 'Rich UI' Design Tool to Rational Business Developer

Original Bolsters Support for Java, Mainframe in Testing Tool

Development Horror Stories Surface as Aldon Unveils Turkey Award Winners

Tick, Tock: mrc Unveils '24-Hour Challenge'

IBM Gives RPG Devotees Their Own Café

Big Iron
For Some Customers, the Mainframe Is Green

Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web

Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings

System i PTF Guide
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The Windows Observer
Citrix Addresses Performance with XenApp 5

Server Buyers Shop Like It's 1999 in the Second Quarter

Intel Keeps Both Arms Swinging with Xeons, Jabs with Itanium

Mad Dog 21/21: Newtonian Economics

Microsoft Does Something About Those SQL Injection Attacks

The Unix Guardian
What the Heck Is the Midrange, Anyway?

Overseas and Notebook Sales Offset Printer Declines for HP in Q3

Two More Xeon-Based Galaxy Servers from Sun

Mad Dog 21/21: Newtonian Economics

Intel's Nehalems to Star at IDF, AMD Pitches Shanghai

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Two A-maze-ing Programs

End-of-Year Odds and Ends

Admin Alert: Upcoming i5/OS and AnyNet End of Service Dates

Four Hundred Guru

BACK ISSUES

From the IT Jungle Forums
Insert via Java

iSeries Access for Web

Mimix installation and configuration docs

EDI Inovis Programmer - Heavy Duty Problem Solver - Anytime

Data Queues vs. MQ Series: Performance

Removing blanks from a CL Variable

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